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.1. F. zacHARIAs, or Lausanne,VIRGINIA.

Lettera Patent No. 78,349, dated May 2'6, 1868.

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vTO ALL WHQM IT MAY CONCERNE Be it kno'wp that I, J. F. ZACHARIAS, of Leesburg, in the county of Loudon, and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Marking o1' Showing the Stations upon Railroads, and all other means or routes of public travel, byA showing the stations insideofthe vehicles of conveyance; and I do hereby declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description of the same, refer ence being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front face view, as seen in situ in car or other conveyance.

Figure 2 is a plan view, with the lid removed. a

Figure 8 is an edge view ot lid, showing rollers. V- v A represents anoblong lsquare frame or box, closed upon` all sides.v B is the lid of said box. Near its middle4 or centre is an opening, G, withglass, D, ovcr it, to keep out .alldirt or dust from :the works inside. is an 'apron or band, upon which are printed or marked the different stations Valong' the route.. F Ff are rollers,

,intended to receive` the band or apron E upon-them, F having a screw cut upon'one end of it, bevelled fromv within outwards, F', another roller, with its screw bevellod inwards from' the end,ltbe larger' end of each screw 'being equal in size to the circumference of thel entire roller and hand when said hand is rolled around it, the

unnllebend of said screws being'equal, in sizefto the roller without-the bund. Esch screwAhas exactly the same number of threads as there are rounds of cloth-on band E, whenit is rolled around either ol' the said rollers F'FC These rollers F F are united, at their screw-ends, by means of cord G, so placed upon-roller'F, at its smaller part, as to be opposite and united to the larger part of roller F. Upon each of these rollers F F are.

two shoulders-or flanges, H H H H, between which the apron or band E is wound, and are also intended to keep the apron or band Efrom slipping or moving from side to side. I is a springpawl, to workfi'nto notches J'JJ'J, upon the circular metal plate K, on the end of the driving-roller or shaft L.

M M M M M are stationary pivots upon the sides of box A, and uponwhich the rollers F FI', and one end i of driving-roller L, turn: N is a key, with one end screwed into .the circular plate K, on the end of drivingroller L, and intended to move the driving-roller L backwards or forwards. P l? are two small roller-wheels, placed upon the inside of lid B, said roller-wheels acting upon, or pressing the apron or band E hard down upon, the Indiarubber-straps or bands L L, upon driving-roller L, thus creating snicient adhesion uponthcse Indiarubber straps or band L L to cause thc apron E to followthe movements of tlie driving-roller L, said band E being attached by one cnd'to roller F, and by the other end to roller F'. the shaft upomwhieh the Small roller-wheels? l? turn.

Any desired or necessary degree of tension or tightness may be given to the apron or band E by placing springs to act upon the supplemental roller or shaft R.` The names of each successive station, `the distance `from the preceding, and the distance from the starting and tothe termination, may all be equally well shown at every exhibit, as the parties using may desire.

The4 operation of my machine is as follows:

The band E being wound upon either of the rollers F F', the cord G is wrapped upon the screw of the other one, commencing at the larger part ofthe screw, so that.the cord may be last wrapped upon the smaller part 'of .the screw of the empty or receiviiig-roller,V the hand ar-apron E being on top of the driving-roller L, .in such a' Way that the rst station' will be ydirectly opposite to the middle of glass D on lid B. Then tiirn the key N, and thus the roller L, either forwards or backwards, as the case may be, until you hear or feel the spring-paul I catch in one'of the notches J upon circular plate K, thus bringing the name of the next station in view. By continuing this operation in this way, you bring every station successively and. regularly in view. f

To mark the stations 'for the home trip, you only have to turn the key N in an oppositediretion, znd,`in the same manner of proceeding, you have the stations propcrly'and regularly marked or shown. l

It is intended that' this machine shall be placed'a't one end of the car, either permanent o r' movable, so'as to :uit the changes in the position of` the seats l; and it is' also obvious that this mechanism may bevoper'atedby Vth"co'xiiiiiftu" iside, or the brakesmn outside,y by rsiinpljr'making'` a.' hond-hole' in the endl of the cmg-ut the option of* tho railroadmdmpanies or other. parties usirlggmy4 apparatus. i

What I claim ip my invention isl v 1. vThe combination of the apron or hond-13, zolle'x'i'F E', cord Gr, and opeiatjing-vro'llet L, substantiallyy ns 2. yIn'combination with the foregoing, lthe supplemental'rollep' or shaft R, substantially as desorbed.

8. The rrangoment,fwithi'thef'element vin tireforegoingfirst clnixsefgof the prcxs'urefroiles P'P, substum tialiy as described. y In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this` specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' i f v J. F. ZACHARIAS.'

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